Service difficulty report · Bypass Switch · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
January 20, 2019
Submitted
January 22, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N346QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800013
Aircraft time
10,491 hours, 7,006 cycles
Part
Bypass Switch
Condition
Faulty
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, B
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

FUEL FILTER BYPASS R CAS ILLUMINATED - AMBER CAS MESSAGE "FUEL FILTER BYPASS R" POSTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER T/O. 220 GALLONS OF FUEL JUST LOADED. AFTER LANDING NOTICED A PETROLEUM ODOR IN BOTH HELL HOLE AND BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. CORRECTIVE ACTION: RESOLUTION: POWERED AIRCRAFT AND DIDN'T HAVE A RIGHT FUEL BYPASS LIGHT ON. OPEN COWLING AND IT LOOKS LIKE OIL WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICE AND SOMEONE MAY HAVE SPELLED SOME OIL WHICH DRIPPED DOWN THE OIL SERVICE TUBE AND RIGHT ON TOP OF THE BYPASS FUEL SWITCH. FOUND THE CONNECTOR SATURATED WITH ENGINE OIL. CLEANED CONNECTOR OF ENGINE OIL. REMOVED FUEL FILTER AND IT APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE AND NOT DIRTY AT ALL. TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM AND FOUND FUEL FILTER BYPASS SWITCH FAULTY. REMOVED FUEL FILTER. P/N:30B6653-01. INSTALLED NEW FUEL FILTER IAW MM 73-10-03.